EXPERIENCING THE SPIRITUAL ACT OF LOVE

I came across the following from a post of mine from March of 2015:

This is not an act of will. If our only goal is for still more spiritual growth, as in to know God aright, we will be led forward in ways beyond our reasoning mind's comprehension. This means, it usually arrives as an 'Oh, no!' * * * * * Face it, we'd never let go of our reliance on our reasoning mind if every fear we conjured up became butterflies and angel dust before our very eyes. [Sidebar: Or before we learned God's lesson.]

That is an apt description of what seems to be my lessons today. I am gratefully aware that my Now is as it needs to be because of a flash yesterday when another "Oh, no!" tried to come in. The immediate next flash was "I welcome this less-than-wonderful judgment, I hug the judger and let it be."  

By my thought, I could regret not the relearning for the welcoming was based on these words from the Sermon: Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you. 

Admittedly, I had to Google the exact words this morning, but the meaning of the words was with me yesterday carried by the nonresistant thought. In that instant I knew the judger to be an angel in disguise.

Slowly learning, I reacted not at all...neither overly warm nor with cold disdain. Normal...but with the warmth of acceptance flowing through me. 

Oh, wait! Is that love? The spiritual act of love? Yes, of course...what else could it be? 

God loves us so much.

Thank you.